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Anything posted here are my personal views. Anonymised UK policy generalist with far too much experience, especially economic, tax, and international. Preferred pronouns: They/Them/Their. @souptomatosoup on twitter Banner credit @pickardje.bsky.social

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and acting as if it isn't still happening, just without the mass deaths

08.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Completely secure email basically doesn't exist. It's a category error. If you're trying to stop governments getting hold of stuff, don't use email.

05.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Vote Labour, get Tory policies

05.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Targets on councils mean they will proceed with everything possible.

05.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS

This is why policies need cabinet approval and collective responsibility. So no one gets carried away in any direction in their silo that they focus on every day.

05.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just shows how divorced from morality and reason the right wing has become.

05.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The green dot shows the location of the Minab school.

The green dot shows the location of the Minab school.

I plotted the location of the Minab school (green dot) onto the map shared by the U.S. military during a press conference this week at the Pentagon, for those interested.

04.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I don’t want to be here now

03.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I know that one

03.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1323 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 43
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Trump: "Spain has been terrible. I told Scott to cut off all dealings with Spain. They said we can't use their bases. We could use their bases if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is gonna tell us not to use it."

03.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 2034 πŸ” 746 πŸ’¬ 677 πŸ“Œ 863

So close it rather than admit all the respectable acts are cancelling.

02.02.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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28.01.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

because windows 10 was so rapidly sundowned...

28.01.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 97506 πŸ” 40888 πŸ’¬ 4302 πŸ“Œ 5362

Not going to end well is it.

28.01.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 2
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UK loses measles elimination status Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

Measles is also no longer considered eradicated in the UK now
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

28.01.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think its because the pictures are all slightly over exposed and edited, and as a result, unnaturally bright and lacking shadows

27.01.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am shocked that any of these racists are so self-aware as to realise this is what they are saying.

25.01.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sajid Javid: why I wouldn’t let people like my parents into the UK now.

Sajid Javid: why I wouldn’t let people like my parents into the UK now.

I really understand very little about the current version of reality.

25.01.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1322 πŸ” 224 πŸ’¬ 146 πŸ“Œ 66

bsky.app/profile/elio...

24.01.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...

24.01.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 1473 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 141

just FYI, the google ressult showing Reddit links when the thread was posted as the date, the picture wasn't added to the thread until today.

24.01.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What makes it worse for me, is that many nations CAN afford it, but choose not to

24.01.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My friend who lived in arctic alaska would have to tell people this ALL of the time. I got her a penguin one year as a gag gift.

But do you know what there are in Greenland?

Polar Bears. Good luck embracing one of those.

23.01.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

HELP REQUEST: Would anyone who speaks Spanish and English be up for sense-checking some subtitles on a short film (<15 minutes) please? I have no budget, I'm afraid - it's a short LGBTQ+ film in English, and it's been accepted into a festival in Spain.

23.01.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.

He failed to declare Β£333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

21.01.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 4382 πŸ” 2080 πŸ’¬ 401 πŸ“Œ 354

I suspect she tweeted it because her husband has chosen it as the next distraction from Epstein stuff.

17.01.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But, that's no reason to not try. Harm reduction at least

17.01.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.

17.01.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 4178 πŸ” 1377 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

I got a Diana Memorial Award for charity work. I would give that to Trump if it could convince him to stop doing things.

16.01.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0